Target program type(s): Group Child Care; Family Child Care
Target audience: Administrators; Teachers
PLC Address: Online
Participate in this PLC to gain a better understanding of how to create open-ended art activities that help children develop creativity and make art joyful. You will learn how to approach art like open ended play and will discover what children learn through process art. You will leave this workshop with a toolbox of open-ended art activity ideas that you can use in your own childcare program.
Goals:
Participants will:
Transition from product focused to process focused art.
Focus more on the act of making, experimenting, and discovering rather than the product itself when creating art experiences for children.
Understand how children develop creativity through open ended art activities.
Objectives:
Participants will:
Create an open-ended art activity they can introduce to the children in their care.
Talk to children about their artwork using language that promotes creativity.
Discuss what children learn in all areas of development (Social/Emotional, Language & Literacy, Physical and Cognitive Development) through process art.
When planning an art activity will ask themselves “What will the children do?” instead of “What will the children make?”
Facilitator: Aracelis Sullivan
Aracelis has been developing and delivering training for Community Training Group for the past 10 years. She is a bilingual and bi-cultural educator with 34 years of experience. She is an adjunct professor for Northern Essex Community College, Urban College of Boston and Fitchburg State. She has her Master’s Degree in Education and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study.
PDC Region: Northeast
PLC Sessions: November 11, 2020-9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
PLC, English
0 CEUs / 5 hours
Does this training apply to diverse learners? Yes
This PLC can be used to fulfill the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care's required hours of professional development that address diverse learners.
Registration Link: https://connectedbeginnings.tfaforms.net/1249
All participants must be registered in order to receive credit (CEUs or EEC Training Hours) for their participation.